Jean-François Blondel
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Jean-François Blondel (1683 – 9 October 1756) was a French architect.
Born in Rouen, Blondel was admitted in the Académie d'architecture in 1728.[1]
He was the master[2] and uncle of Jacques-François. He also had another nephew as a student, Jean-Baptiste Michel Vallin de la Mothe, whom he took in his agency on his return from Rome.
Main realisations
- Maison Mallet, Geneva, 1724[3]
- Maison de Saussure, Creux de Genthod, 1724-1730[4]
- Manufacture des tabacs de Morlaix, 1736-1740
- Palais des Consuls in Rouen, 1741-1747 (destroyed in 1944)
- Hôtel des gardes du Roi, Versailles, 1750-1754
Maison de Saussure, Creux de Genthod
Manufacture des tabacs de Morlaix
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